Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
The author comments on Montasser Al-Zayyat´s "Al-Zawahri as I knew him," through speaking about the reality of the claimed alliance took place between the Gama´at Al-Islamiya and the Jihad group. He also sheds light on the ideologies of the latter.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
The administration of the Egyptian prisons separated the imprisoned members of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya from the members of Jihad organization who refused the initiative of denouncing violence. This separation came at the same time as the Egyptian prisons administration allowed the leaders of...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The administration of the Egyptian prisons department organized some meetings for the leaders of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya imprisoned in Tura prison with members of other Gama´at Islamiya jailed in other prisons. Moreover, more than one thousand prisoners of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya have recently been...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
A state of calm prevails once again in the prison cells of the al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya detainees after leader of the Jamā‘a, Karam Zuhdī, rescinded his statement in which he declared his full support for President Mubārak.
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
On August 30, “Al Manar Al Gadeed” magazine published an article written by Aboud Al-Zomor about reform in Egypt. The article is particularly significant because Al-Zomor was a main participant in the assassination of [former president] Anwar Al-Sadat. Al-Zomor’s article differs from what the Gama’...
Date of source: Friday, June 28, 2002
The editor-in-chief of Al-Mussawar met with the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya imprisoned in Wadi Al-Natrun prison. The meeting focused on the initiative to stop violence and the group’s ideological revisions. The leaders re-emphasized that the initiative to stop violence is final and that they...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The Egyptian authorities released a significant number of the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. Among those released was Mukhtar Hamza, the brother of Mustafa Hamza, the official of the Shura Council of the Gama’at, who was sentenced to death in absentia. Most of those released were involved in...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Muhammad Al-Zawahry, Ayman Al-Zawahry’s middle brother who is now held in an Egyptian prison, is going through revisions that are similar to those carried out by the Gama’a al-Islamiya at the start of 2002 . Sources close to Muhammad reported that Muhammad has been changing his understanding of the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2004
The article is an interview with the wife of Aboud Al-Zomor, Wehda, about Sheikh Aboud and Tareq Al-Zomor’s suspended release and their attitudes towards the cease-violence initiative.
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
An official legal memo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior revealed that it is impossible to release Abud Al-Zomor, leader of the Egyptian Jihad group, and his nephew Tareq Al-Zomor, who have been jailed since 1982 in the case of Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat’s assassination.